The Things We Leave Behind is an ENnie award winning anthology of 6 modern day scenarios for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game published by Chaosium, Inc, edited by Jeff Moeller, and written by Brian M. Sammons, Scott Dorward, Simon Brake, Oscar Rios, and Jeff Moeller with art by Davide Como, Badger McInnes, Dean Engelhardt, and Stephanie McAlea.

As a thank you to all those who voted for us we're knocking $5 off the cover price for the next week!

Taking its inspirational cues from Delta Green, Fargo, Blood Simple, and True Detective, the book takes a mature look at the horror of human nature and its ability to be just as disturbing as anything from the Mythos.

The scenarios deal with unavoidable fates, dark secrets, and seriously bad choices made by the antagonists. As so often is the case, there are no winners when fate has trapped you in a dice game for doom or destiny. As such, please be aware that some of the themes are quite mature and are suitable for adult gamers only.

Small Errata note - In Ladybug - There is a security guard in the opening scene that seems to disappear after first being mentioned. (Trying to keep it spoiler free) I will likely replace the greeter with the guard in my run.

Henrik RJuly 06, 2017 10:30 pm UTC

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It would be nice with a special discount on PDF now when you are a nominee. So we can read it before and cast a vote for it. :-)

Franck FJanuary 26, 2017 8:07 pm UTC

I have a couple questions about this product:
-- is the game system CoC 6th or 7th edition ?
-- are modern era pregenerated characters provided ?

Thanks !

Randy RJanuary 26, 2017 8:29 pm UTC

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-- 7th ed., but there are a few places in Ladybug, Ladybug (the only one I've run so far) where they fall into 6th ed. mechanics, e.g. subtracting a fixed percentage from skills instead of increasing the difficulty (or adding penalty dice). That's probably because 7th ed. was fairly new when it was written, and it takes a while to digest all of the subtleties of the rule changes.

-- Modern Era, yes
pregenerated characters, no.

John CJanuary 15, 2017 6:36 pm UTC

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I had a question about the scenarios since the description is somewhat vague. What time period do the investigations take place in? 1920s, Modern, etc? I've heard great things about your adventures and I'd love to run my investigators through them before forcing them to ship off to Europe to solve the mystery of the Orient Express. (It sounds like they might be wanting a vacation from America after they are done with what you have created)

Jeffrey MJanuary 20, 2017 12:23 pm UTC

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They are all set in the modern day US and the investigations all take full account of modern technology, social media, etc. Some of them could be moved to Europe without too much trouble. (I've heard tell of a game of Ladybug transported to Sweden)

November 09, 2016 8:39 am UTC

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I am curious if these are interlinked scenarios, separate ones, or if they have a sorta framing device like with Trail of Cthulhu's final revelations?

Stephanie MNovember 25, 2016 1:38 pm UTC

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Hi, the book does have an overarching campaign frame but it was only available to backers of the Kickstarter and only as a separate PDF. There are currently no plans to release that to the wider public. My apologies.

November 27, 2016 9:54 pm UTC

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That's fair enough, I guess the kickstarters need something unique!

Good thing I backed the latest one :)

Bryce ROctober 07, 2016 4:14 pm UTC

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Trying to buy this as a PDF but everytime I click on the PDF it converts it to PDF and softcover at twice the price.Can you amend this at all? Thanks

David WSeptember 20, 2016 9:19 am UTC

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Is it possible to get hard copy or print on demand. I don't particularly like running scenarios from pdf.

Jeffrey MSeptember 20, 2016 1:22 pm UTC

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We are waiting on proofs from Lightning Source. We anticipate hard copies will be available in 2-3 weeks.

Stephanie MOctober 04, 2016 1:35 pm UTC

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The Print version is now available.

Andreas DOctober 04, 2016 7:57 pm UTC

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Glorious! Ordered.

Thanks Stephanie.

David WSeptember 01, 2017 12:16 am UTC

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Awesome

Todd CSeptember 05, 2016 11:14 pm UTC

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So I can open in Chrome but not with Preview on Mac OSX like I can most PDFs. Any ideas?

David ASeptember 17, 2016 5:25 pm UTC

Not sure why that's happening, but an option could be to print it from chrome and then open the print preview in Preview. You'll lose the table of contents though if it has one. :/

The only time I've had pdfs not open in preview were those forms that required adobe reader, but this shouldn't be that case plus you were able to open it in chrome.

If the print preview thing works well enough, there are programs that let you make a table of contents and save it to the PDF. They usually are $5-10 though. Not the best solution, but hopefully that helps somewhat.

Andreas DSeptember 02, 2016 9:47 am UTC

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Hi, will there be a POD option, please?

Jeffrey MSeptember 04, 2016 11:55 am UTC

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In a few weeks. Physical book proofs have to be ordered up and carefully reviewed, since once those go out, any minor errors are written in stone. They also have to be approved by the licensor (Chaosium), so they are always available a few weeks after the pdf.

Andreas DSeptember 04, 2016 12:01 pm UTC

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I see. Thanks.

Stephanie MOctober 04, 2016 1:36 pm UTC

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POD version now released :)

Frank JOctober 06, 2016 9:53 pm UTC

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If we had already purchased the pdf, is there some sort of voucher to get a discount on the print version? If so, how do we go about getting that?

Stephanie MNovember 25, 2016 1:40 pm UTC

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Hi Frank, simply send the email proof of purchase to stephaniemcalea@outlook.com and I'll arrange for you to get a physical copy for a discount cover price (minus the PDF cover price, basically).

Jeremy BAugust 29, 2016 10:58 pm UTC

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Are these scenarios playable with one player-one keeper, or are they intended to be played strictly with a full party?

Stephanie MAugust 30, 2016 11:47 am UTC

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The first one (Ladybug, Ladybug) you might get away with playing with a single player.. the others are likely to be seriously lethal for a 'Lone Gunman'.

Scott DSeptember 19, 2016 8:43 pm UTC

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A friend of mine ran Hell in Texas with a single player. Apparently it worked perfectly.

Jeffrey MSeptember 20, 2016 1:24 pm UTC

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Ladybug, Hell in Texas and The Night Season, yes. Roots and Forget Me Not, no. Intimate Encounters, with a very skilled and experienced/non combat oriented player.

Simon BSeptember 22, 2016 6:38 am UTC

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Roots has parallels with a few films that pit a lone protagonist against an isolated community. Those protagonists did not survive. However, if that's the sort of story you want to explore there's no reason you can't - the hook relies on a personal connection to one of the PCs, with the scenario designed to be especially horrific for that one person as a result.

Shawn GAugust 29, 2016 12:29 pm UTC

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IF we buy this now will we get a discount when the PoD comes out - or should we just wait?

Stephanie MAugust 29, 2016 2:11 pm UTC

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Buying the print edition at rrp of $49.99 gets you a free PDF so buying the PDF will get you a voucher of $19.99 against the purchase of the print edition. :)

Randy RSeptember 24, 2016 3:14 pm UTC

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Will DriveThruRPG notify us when print becomes available, or should we just keep checking back?
BTW, love Ladybug. It's running very well, though not the way I expected it to.

Stephanie MOctober 04, 2016 1:36 pm UTC

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Hi Randy, the print on demand version is now available.

Shawn GOctober 04, 2016 5:20 pm UTC

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Do I need to request this voucher (I purchased the PDF but have not received any emails about upgrading and ordering the PoD)?

Randy ROctober 04, 2016 8:04 pm UTC

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I ordered it. Thanks. BTW, I really like running LadyBug.

Stephanie MNovember 02, 2016 4:47 pm UTC

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If you wish to order a hardcopy, just fwd email me at stephaniemcalea@outlook.com with your receipt and I'll sort a voucher for you :)

The pdf is well worth the price for the scenario titled "Forget Me Not." The writing for Forget Me Not was fantastic and you can tell that the author spent a lot of time on it. It would be a great scenario to establish a group of investigator [...]

Outstanding!
TTWLB is a fantastic collection of beautifully dark modern Cthulhu scenarios. It stays edgy without straying into that 'trying too hard' area you might find in certain other games.
I'm hanging for their next publication. [...]

I've read through all the scenarios and I am currently using one. Just beautiful dark, investigative horror stories. I don't care about the system really but these are brilliant! Where is the new Kickstarter? I guess there is NO way to buy th [...]

I bought the pdf when it was released because I was looking for modern scenario's for the 7th edition rules. I am running Forget Me Not next week, Ladybug, Ladybug a couple of weeks after that, and a double feature for Halloween weekend at our local ga [...]

Having read through the scenarios now I can say this is probably my favorite release of the year, and I think it's an important one because it handily accomplishes something even some official Chaosium releases haven't (for me at least) in the past, an [...]

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